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[i]"Let me totally clear we are talking about taking algebra 1 geometry algebra 2, those three courses that we've known and loved for 150 years, and removing them from our HS mathematics programs and replacing them with essential concepts for grade 8, 9, 10."[/i]

Chill, people. 
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Great. As long as they are actually covering Alg 1 / Geo / Alg 2 in 8-10 and at the right pace so that strong students are ready to cover all necessary pre-calc in 11th, calc in 12th, I'm good.

Sounds like they seem to think that all children will now magically be able to handle algebra 1 in 8th grade when they weren't before which seems like a huge stretch. Especially if the teachers in K-7 aren't supposed to be providing separate instruction for students who are struggling (that whole no ability grouping). Maybe you might want to test out how this is going to work before rolling it out to the whole state? (not that it matters to me personally -- my freshman may benefit from the new electives in 11th-12th but regardless will take calculus and not be part of their K-10 experiment)[/quote]

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